{"id":2296881,"date":"2026-02-24T05:13:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T05:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2296881"},"modified":"2026-02-24T05:13:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T05:13:06","slug":"robert-carradine-dead-lizzie-mcguire-star-dies-at-71-after-bipolar-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/robert-carradine-dead-lizzie-mcguire-star-dies-at-71-after-bipolar-battle\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Carradine Dead: Lizzie McGuire Star Dies at 71 After Bipolar Battle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/shows\/lizzie-mcguire\/\"><em>Lizzie McGuire<\/em> <\/a>star <strong>Robert Carradine<\/strong> is dead at age 71 after a decades-long battle with Bipolar Disorder.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Carradine\u2019s family confirmed the news of his death on Monday, February 23.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIt is with profound sadness that we must share that our beloved father, grandfather, uncle, and brother Robert Carradine has passed away,\u201d they told <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/02\/robert-carradine-dead-age-71-1236734055\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Deadline<\/em> <\/a>in a statement. \u201cIn a world that can feel so dark, Bobby was always a beacon on light to everyone around him. We are bereft at the loss of this beautiful soul and want to acknowledge Bobby\u2019s valiant struggle against his nearly two-decade battle with Bipolar Disorder. We hope his journey can shine a light and encourage addressing the stigma that attaches to mental illness. At this time we ask for the privacy to grieve this unfathomable loss. With gratitude for your understanding and compassion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">An official cause of death has not been confirmed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/lizzie-mcguire-cast-where-are-they-now\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/lizzie-mcguire-cast-where-are-they-now\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">\u2018Lizzie McGuire\u2019 Cast: Where Are They Now?<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tAnother Disney Channel success story! Hilary Duff\u2019s breakout role on\u00a0Lizzie McGuire\u00a0yielded years of success for the actress that continues today, while her costars chose slightly different paths. The sitcom \u2014 starring Duff (Lizzie McGuire), Lalaine (Miranda Sanchez), Adam Lamberg (Gordo), Jake Thomas (Matt McGuire), Hallie Todd (Jo McGuire) and Robert Carradine (Sam McGuire) \u2014 aired [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Robert\u2019s brother, <strong>Keith Carradine<\/strong>, told the outlet that the family wanted to shed light on what they called the actor\u2019s \u201cvaliant struggle\u201d with Bipolar Disorder.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe want people to know it, and there is no shame in it,\u201d he explained to <em>Deadline<\/em>. \u201cIt is an illness that got the best of him, and I want to celebrate him for his struggle with it, and celebrate his beautiful soul. He was profoundly gifted, and we will miss him every day. We will take solace in how funny he could be, how wise and utterly accepting and tolerant he was. That\u2019s who my baby brother was.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Robert, who was beloved for his role as<strong> Hilary Duff\u2019s<\/strong> dad on <em>Lizzie McGuire<\/em>, is survived by his children, grandchildren, brothers, nieces, nephews and \u201canyone who had the honor of having him in their life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>This story is still developing.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lizzie McGuire star Robert Carradine is dead at age 71 after a decades-long battle with Bipolar Disorder. Carradine\u2019s family confirmed the news of his death on Monday, February 23. \u201cIt is with profound sadness that we must share that our beloved father, grandfather, uncle, and brother Robert Carradine has passed away,\u201d they told Deadline in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2296882,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[22062,24003,25601,100241,21738],"class_list":["post-2296881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-celebrity-deaths","tag-celebrity-news","tag-deaths","tag-in-memoriam","tag-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Robert-Carradine-Dead-Lizzie-McGuire-Star-Dies-at-71-After.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2296881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2296881"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2296881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2296883,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2296881\/revisions\/2296883"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2296882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2296881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2296881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2296881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}